diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp
index 360f8c90dd4..019b7dc5396 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ class os: AllStatic {
   static const int default_file_open_flags();
   static int open(const char *path, int oflag, int mode);
   static FILE* open(int fd, const char* mode);
+  static FILE* fopen(const char* path, const char* mode);
   static int close(int fd);
   static jlong lseek(int fd, jlong offset, int whence);
   static char* native_path(char *path);